Can this be changed?

Hello, I am working on this click regen that gives you a tool once you click. Now would there be anyway to make it where you keep the item after death?

local itemname = "Flashlight"	




local item = game.Lighting:findFirstChild(tostring(itemname))
local trigger = script.Parent

enabled = true

function onClick(plyr)

	if plyr.Backpack:findFirstChild(tostring(itemname)) == nil and enabled == true then

		enabled = false

		trigger.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Black")

		local itemclone = item:clone()
		itemclone.Parent = plyr.Backpack
		
		wait(2)

		enabled = true
		trigger.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Black")

	end
end

script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:connect(onClick)

If you clone 'item' into the player's StarterGear as well, then they will respawn with the item still in their inventory.

local itemname = "Flashlight"   
local item = game.Lighting:findFirstChild(itemname)
local trigger = script.Parent
local enabled = true

function onClick(plyr)
	if plyr.Backpack:FindFirstChild(itemname) == nil and enabled then
		enabled = false
		trigger.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Black")
		item:Clone().Parent = plyr.Backpack
		item:Clone().Parent = plyr.StarterGear --Clone to startergear
		wait(2)
		enabled = true
		trigger.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Black")
	end
end

script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:connect(onClick)